Improvement in plate-lifters



W. BEATT'IE. Plate-Lifter.

Patented Nov. 6,1877.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. f

WILLIAM BEATTIE, OF PORTAGE, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLATE' LIFTER S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,861, dated November6, 1877; application filed August 31, 1877.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BEATTLE, of Portage, in the county ofColumbia and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Plate-Lifters; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms apart of this speciflcatiomand which represents a perspective, partlysectional, view of my invention.

This invention relates to that class of household utensils which areused for grasping and lifting hot plates, dishes, &c., from the oven orstove; and it consists of a contrivance formed of wire, and providedwith wooden handles, substantially as I shall now proceed more fully todescribe.

In the drawings, A A. are two wings or clasps, formed of one piece ofwire bent into suitable shape, so as to readily grasp a pile of platesor dishes. Upon this wire, before bending it, are placed two woodenhandles, B B, between which the wire is coiled, so as to form a spring,0. The ends a of the wire are accommodated in the front ends of the'handles, where they are secured in place by wedges b I), thus leaving nojoint upon the exposed portion of the plate-lifter. I

The implement being adjusted with the wings A A grasping a pile ofplates or dishes, it may readilybe grasped by the handles BB, and theplates thus lifted out of the oven and deposited upon the table. Thehandles B B give a firm and safe hold for the hand, and

there being no exposed joints of the wire, it is not liable to give wayunder the weight of the plates. V

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United Statesp As an article of manufacture, aplate or 'dish lifter formed of wire, and provided with handles B B,into which the ends of the wire are inserted, substantially asdescribed, for the purpose herein shown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 'my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM BEATTIE.

